| 词汇 | doesn’t hold water |
| 词源 | doesn’t hold water. For over 300 years this expression has meant that something doesn’t pass a test, fails, is not sound. It possibly derives from a prospective buyer testing a water pitch- er by filling it with water. If it leaked, it didn’t hold water, it failed the test and wasn’t bought. |
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